The study aims at analyzing a species composition of the fish live in bottom of the coastal waters off Sejon island, Korea. To reach the goal of the study, a species composition and it's seasonally fluctuation, a seasonally fluctuation of the dominant species and it's appearance type were analyzed with the fishes caught by the bottom trawl in the coastal waters off Sejon island from May, 2011 to March, 2012. The results obtained can be summarized as follows; Fish caught in this area composes 10 orders, 25 families, and 37 species. The most dominant species in an number of fish was Pennahia argentata which was occupied at 42.1% from the whole number, the second most dominant species was Konosirus punctatus which was occupied at 14.2%. The most dominant species in a biomass of fish was Pennahia argentata which was 31.3% out of the whole catch, the next dominant species was Lophius litulonwhich which was 18.2%. The first group (Trichiurus lepturus, Zeus faber, Pennahia argentata, Chelidonichthys spinosus and Lophius litulon) was appeared at May, August, October, the second group (Sphyraena pinguis) was appeared at May and November, the third group (Pampus argenteus) was appeared at August, the fourth group (Pampus echinogaster, Leiognathus nuchalis, Konosirus punctatus and Engraulis japonicus) was appeared at March.

Visual census and hydro-acoustic survey was carried out at Ulju small scale marine ranching area (MRA) to estimate demersal fish aggregations on September and November 2013. In this hydro-acoustic survey, the authors combined an image sonar with a scientific echo sounder to monitor an underwater situation and compare two acoustic data. Consequently, visual census survey was useful to estimate fish species composition for hydro-acoustic survey, because it is easy to identify aggregated fish species and overcome limits on a fishing depth and ability of an conventional fishing gear like a bottom gill-net or a fish trap at marine ranching area. Mean fish density was estimated as 0.757 g/m2 on September and 0.219 g/m2 on November and Fish abundance was finally calculated as 1.51ton (coefficient of variation, CV=13.1%) on September and 0.44ton (CV=47.7%) on November, respectively. Hydro-acoustic survey combined with the image sonar was useful to monitor fish aggregations and estimate fish stocks around artificial reefs at shallow coastal MRA. We were able to easily identify the underwater structures like an artificial reef and a fishing rope as well as fish aggregations from image sonar data. Therefore, the method was effective to separate unwanted echo signals in acoustic data of scientific echo sounder.

The study aims at analyzing a species composition of the fish live in bottom of the coastal waters off Geomun island, Korea. To reach the goal of the study, a species composition and it’s monthly fluctuation, a monthly fluctuation of the dominant species and it’s appearance type was analyzed the fishes caught by the bottom trawl. The result obtained can be summerrized as follows; Fish caught in this area composes 14 orders, 34 families, and 47 species. The largest number of fish species was Perciformes (15 families and 19 species). The most dominant species in an number of fish was jhon dory, Zeus faber which was occupied at 22.5% from the whole number, the second most dominant species was horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus which was occupied at 21.2%. Four groups were categorized based on appearance time period.

Hybrid surveys using hydroacoustic and fish sampling gears such as trammel net, trap were conducted to investigate total biomass, distribution and dominant fish species of the demersal fishes in the marine ranching area (MRA) of Jeju. Four surveys were carried out in June, August, October and November using 38kHz quantitative echo sounder. Catch data using trammel net and trap were used to calculate biomass and to examine dominant fish species. Fish schools were mainly detected in the waters of 20 meters below and around Chagwido waters. By the result of fishing experiments, fish species living in MRA of Jeju were about 40 species, dominant fish species of a detectable fish such as Family Sparidae and Family Monacanthidae etc. were identified 59.4~68.8% of total biomass. Based on the hydroacoustic data, fish length-weight function and target strength information, mean density of the demersal fish estimated were as follows; 0.88g/m2 on June, 1.12g/m2 on August, 1.35g/m2 on October and 1.18g/m2 on November. An estimated average biomass in MRA of Jeju was founded 20.5 tons in 2007, 20.6 tons in 2008, 23.0 tons in 2009, 25.9 tons in 2010. The results showed that biomass of MRA is getting increased slowly. Therefore the hybrid survey method using hydroacoustic and fish sampling gears is assured an effective biomass survey in the waters of mixed species.

The purpose of this study was to identify the state of demersal fish resource catch by small trawlers, which live in the southern waters off Goheung. We investigated the results of catch of sample fishing vessels, and performed fishing experiments using the actual fishing operation vessels from early November in 2002 till end of October in 2003. The daily amount of catch per vessel of the 35 small trawlers selected as sample vessels was the highest in summer seasons(June and July) as 70kg and the lowest in winter seasons(January and February) as 45kg and Octopus minor occupied as 17 to 30kg nearly 30% of the total catch. Additionally the catch of Octopus minor per vessel, per dragging hour ranges 3 to 6kg, which is the highest in March and June and the low in January to February, April to May and September. In the fishing experiments using small trawler, during the study period, a total of 75 fish species were collected. The number of individuals by species consisted 58.2% in Shrimps, 17.8% in Fish, 2.3% in Cephalopod. Of these, Parapenaeopsis tenella was the highest in 29.2%, Squilla oratoria and Crangon hakodatel was 14.6% respectively and Octopus minor was 0.2% of the total number of individuals. As far as the appearance number of individuals by month was concerned, February was the highest and then May, April and June followed in order, and October showed the lowest. Additionally the monthly catch per dragging was the lowest in December to January as 20kg and the highest in July as 160kg. Specially, Octopus minor was caught throughout the year regardless of season and the catch was the highest at the period from March to June. When looking into the body mean length of dominant fishes caught, we could observe the followings; Trachurus japonicus 8.9cm, Cynoglossus robustus 10.8cm, Muraenesox cinereus 15.3cm, Setipinna taty 10.3cm, Amblchaeturichfhys hexanema 9.3 cm and Collichthys niveatus 8.9cm, most of which were in their immaturity when they were caught.

저서어의 음향자원조사에 있어서 해저 데드존에 의한 어군량의 추정오차에 관하여 고찰하기 위하여, 북해도 분화만과 동중국해 에 서 행 한 음향자원조사의 에코적분데이터를 이용하여 그 정도를 알아보았다. 그리고 해저상의 에코파형의 형상으로부터, 어군분포 패턴을 고려하여 데드존 내에 어군이 존재할 경우 그 에코파형을 발산형, 평행형, 수렴형으로 정의한 데드존 보정법을 제안하고 이를 이용한 보정을 행하였다. 북해도 분화만 내에 회유하는 명태어군을 대상으로 데이터를 재평가한 결과 해저 직상의 1∼2m내의 SV가 2∼3dB, 자원량으로 약 2배 증가하였으며, 동중국해의 경우에 있어서는 해저 직상 1∼2m에 어군이 집중되어 분포하고 있는 경우 SV가 최대 17dB까지 증가하였으며, 이는 자원량으로 약 50배 증가한 것 과 같았다. 끝으로, 계량어군탐지기를 이용하여 저서어의 자원량을 추정할 경우에는 해저기준의 최적화와 정확한 해저기준을 이용한 적분구간 오프셋 설정의 최소화를 달성한 후에 해저의 에코에 마스크되어 있는 어군의 에코를 어떠한 방법을 통하여 보정하여, 지금까지 기술적 곤란으로 제약을 점차 줄여 나감으로서 저서어를 대상으로 한 음향자원 조사 방법이 좀 더 고도화하여, 실용화할 수 있도록 노력해야 할 것으로 생각된다.

계량어군탐지기를 이용하여 저서어를 대상으로 에코적분을 행하는 경우, 적분범위의 하한을 결정하기 위해 설정하는 해저기준이나 해저오프셋은, 저서어 자원량추정의 중요한 요인 중의 하나이다. 해저부근의 어군에코의 해석으로부터 해저기준의 결정방법과 최적 오프셋에 관하여 고찰한 결과, 다음과 같은 결과를 보였다. 1) 적분층의 폭을 5m로 하여, 적분범위를 1샘플링씩 해저방향으로 이동하면서, 해저부근의 S§uba5m/의 변화를 본 결과, 해저부근의 어군에코를 적분하기 위해서는, 적분범위의 하한을 가능한 해저까지 접근시켜야 한다. 2) 에코레벨의 역치로서 해저검출을 행한 경우, 역치가 클수록 해저 검출 불능횟수가 증가하고, 작을수록 해저 오검출 횟수가 늘어 났다. 3) 에코레벨의 최대변화점을 해저기준으로 한 해저검출법은, 그 정도가 매우 높았으며, 나아가 에코레벨의 변동에 대해 아주 안정한 해저기준 알고리 즘으로 적합하였다. 4) 이 해저검출 알고리즘에 의하면, 최적해저오프셋은 해저 기준으로부터 0.4ms이내였고, 이것은 펄스파형과 해저지형에 대한 음향빔에 의존한다.

계획어군심지기를 이용하여 자원량을 추정할 경우 해저검출은 매우 중요한 요소이다. 특히 어군이 해저에 가까이 분포하면 할수록, 해저와 어군을 분리하여 책분하는 것은 자원량의 추정정도의 신뢰도를 좌우하게 한다. 본 연구에서는 종래의 해저검출법을 보완하기 위해, 새로운 해저검출법을 개발하여, 그 유효성에 대하여 고찰하였으며, 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 에코레벨의 최대변화점을 이용하여 해저검출을 행한 경우 고정도로, 나아가 레벨 변동과 무관하여 안정한 해저검출법으로서 유효하다. 2) 전압최대변화율법에 의하면, 해저 오프셋는 해저검출위치로부터 0.45m이내에서 설정가능하고, 펄스파형, 해저지형과 음향 빔 등에 의존하여 결정된다.

The distribution and abundance of fish in the Cheju southeastern area was studied by the combined hydroacoustic and bottom trawl surveys in April 1994 and in July 1995, respectively. The main purpose of these investigations was to provide the basic data for this management and the biomass estimation of commercially important demersal fish stocks in this area. The hydroacoustic surveys were performed by using a 50 kHz scientific echo sounder system with a microcomputer-based echo integrator. Acoustical measurements of fish abundance and distribution were conducted along the cruise tracks of research vessel and during all trawl hauls by continuous echo sounding. The average weight-normalized target strength for demersal fish aggregations was derived from the relationship between the mean volume backscattering strength for the depth strata of trawl hauls and the weight per cubic meter of trawl catches. The geographical distribution of fish stocks in the 1994 survey area was investigated in relation to oceanographic conditions. The results obtained can be summarized as follows: 1. From the 1994 and 1995 survey data, the relationship between the mean volume backscattering strength (〈SV〉, dB) for the depth strata of trawl hauls and the weight (W, kg/m3) per cubic meter of trawl catches was expressed by the following equation 〈SV〉 = - 32.8+ lOlog(W) The average weighted-target strength value at 50 kHz derived from this equation was .. 32.8 dB/kg. 2. In 1994 and 1995, both surveys showed a trend of decreasing fish abundance toward the southern area of the Cheju Island with high densities offish along the west coast ofth.e Tsushima Island. The highest demersal concentrations in the southern area of the CheJu Island appeared in bottom waters colder than 12℃.. . 3. From the results of combined bottom trawl and hydroacoustic surveys, the estunated fish densities in the southeastern area of the Cheju Island were 1.5488 x 10-4kg/m3 in the 1994 surveyand 1.9498 x 10-4kg/m3 in the 1995 survey, respectively.

The combined hydroacoustic and bottom trawl surveys were conducted in the Cheju southeastern area by the training ship "KAYA" belong to Pukyong National University in July 1995 and the traning ship "NAGASAKI MARl]" belong to Nagasaki University in April 1994, respectively. The main purpose of the investigations was to provide the basic data for the management and the biomass estimation of commercially important demersal fish stocks in this area. Fish samples were collected by bottom trawling from 10 trawl stations randomly selected in the survey area, and the species and length compositions of trawl catches were examined. The fish school target strength for demersal fish aggregations was related to the catchability of trawl net with a 90 mm mesh codend. The most abundant species in the 1995 trawl stations were Japanese flying squid, sword tip squid and red horsehead and that of the 1994 trawl stations Japanese flying squid and blackmouth goosefish. The average weight per cubic meter of trawl catches collected by bottom trawling in the Cheju southeastern area were 1.0791×lO-4kg/m3 in the 1994 survey area and 1.3636×lO-4kg/m3 in the 1995 survey area, respectively. The catch data by cover net suggest that the efficiency of trawl net could affect the weight normalized target strength values for demersal fish aggregations. That is, the average target strength per unit of weight dropped from - 33.1 dB/kg using the total catch by codend and cover net to - 30.5 dB/kg using only the catch data by codend, and a change of2.6 dB/kg was observed.ange of2.6 dB/kg was observed.

Fishing explorations for tunas and demersal fish on the sea south west from Sumatra, south sea from Java, south sea from Bali and south sea from Soemba were carried out in 1973 by MIS TaeBeak-San (310 tons, 8001P) of Fisheries Research & Development Ageney, R. O. K. The results were found to be valuable for good fishing ground for tunas and demesal fishes.

There has been established bilateral and multilateral agreements of fisheries in the North Pacific, such as, the Agreements of International North Pacific Fisheries Commission, of Japan-Soviet Fisheries Commission for the Northwest Pacific and of the Furseal and King Crab. The auther reviewed these agreements and discussed about the growth of the International Fisheries Agreements in the future. This paper concerns with the present status of demersal resources which are important in commercial fisheries and caught in the North Pacific.